Emily and Jerry Spiegel
Emily and Jerry Spiegel | |
|---|---|
 The Spiegels in 1988 | |
| Occupations |
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| Children | 2 |
| Emily Spiegel | |
| Born | Emily Joy Rosenblatt December 21, 1928 New York City, U.S. |
| Died | February 16, 2009 (aged 80) |
| Spouse |
Jerry Spiegel (m. 1954) |
| Jerry Spiegel | |
| Born | July 4, 1925 New York City, U.S. |
| Died | November 3, 2009 (aged 84) |
| Spouse |
Emily Rosenblatt
(m. 1954; died 2009) |
Emily Joy Spiegel (née Rosenblatt; December 21, 1928 – February 16, 2009) and Jerome E. Spiegel (July 4, 1925 – November 3, 2009) were American real estate developers and art collectors based in Long Island, New York.
Early life[edit]
Jerome E. "Jerry" Spiegel was born in Brooklyn, New York City on July 4, 1925.[1] His father died when he was three years old.[2] Much of his childhood was spent on his uncle's 115-acre potato farm in Smithtown, Long Island, New York.[2][3]
Emily Joy Rosenblatt was born on December 21, 1928, and died on February 16, 2009.[4] She was the daughter of Jacob H. Rosenblatt and Carrie Skloot Rosenblatt, who was an interior designer, and died on November 22, 2000, aged 94.[5]
Career[edit]
In 1945, Jerome started his first company in Hicksville, building suburban housing for soldiers coming home from the Second World War, and by 1950 was building one home per day.[6] In 1952, he built the Nassau Farmers Market, Long Island's first indoor shopping center, and by 1971 was the largest individual owner of commercial and industrial real estate on Long Island.[6][3] He died on November 3, 2009.[7]
Art collectors[edit]
They collected post-war American and German painting and sculpture, and photography.[3]
They were "early champions " of artists including Sigmar Polke, Gerhard Richter, Christopher Wool and Anselm Kiefer.[8] They also collected works by photographers including Edward Steichen, Man Ray, Paul Outerbridge, Paul Strand and Diane Arbus.[8]
Each daughter received roughly half (by value) of their parents' collection and in May 2017 held rival sales, Pamela with Christie's, Lise with Sotheby's.[9] Lise only auctioned one work, Jean-Michel Basquiat's 1982 Untitled, which her parents had bought for $19,000 in 1984; it sold for $110.5 million to Japanese billionaire entrepreneur and art collector Yusaku Maezawa.[9]
Personal life[edit]
In 1954, Emily Rosenblatt married Jerome Spiegel in Queens, New York City.[10]
They had two daughters, Pamela Sanders and Lise Spiegel Wilks, who have "a long-standing feud of unknown origin", and do not speak to each other.[9] Both sisters graduated from the University of Pennsylvania and are both married to men who are in real estate.[9]
Emily and Jerry Spiegel lived at 10 Broadlawn Avenue in Kings Point, Long Island, New York.[11][1] They both died in 2009.[9][12][13]
Legacy[edit]
In 1953, they founded the Jerry and Emily Spiegel Family Foundation, which funded charitable, community and educational projects across Long Island.[14] The Foundation is responsible for the Jerry and Emily Spiegel Theater at Hofstra University, and a wing at Long Island Jewish Medical Center.[14]
In 2001, they gifted Andy Warhol's 1963 Silver Double Elvis to the Museum of Modern Art.[8] The gift was in honor of Kirk Varnedoe, friend to the Spiegels and chief curator of painting and sculpture there from 1988 to 2001.[8]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Paid Notice: Deaths SPIEGEL, JERRY". New York Times. November 6, 2009. Retrieved June 30, 2023.
- ^ a b Kennedy, Shawn (June 14, 1981). "DEVELOPMENT OF A BUILDER: POTATO FIELDS TO MAIN STREET developments along Route 107 in Hicksville, L.I." New York Times. Retrieved July 1, 2023.
- ^ a b c "Christie's to offer Visionaries: Works from the Emily and Jerry Spiegel Collection". Christie's. April 3, 2017. Retrieved June 30, 2023.
- ^ "United States Social Security Death Index". familysearch.org. Retrieved July 1, 2023.
- ^ "Paid Notice: Deaths ROSENBLATT, CARRIE SKLOOT". New York Times. November 23, 2000. Retrieved July 1, 2023.
- ^ a b "History". spiegelrealty.com. Retrieved June 30, 2023.
- ^ "United States Social Security Death Index". familysearch.org. Retrieved July 1, 2023.
- ^ a b c d "The Emily and Jerry Spiegel Collection". Christie's. Retrieved July 1, 2023.
- ^ a b c d e Kazakina, Katya (May 10, 2017). "Sibling Rivalry Erupts Into $160 Million Art Auction Showdown". Bloomberg LP. Retrieved June 30, 2023.
- ^ "New York City Marriage Licenses Index, 1950-1995". familysearch.org. Retrieved July 1, 2023.
- ^ "Emily and Jerry Spiegel". ArtNews. June 8, 2015. Retrieved June 30, 2023.
- ^ "JERRY SPIEGEL Obituary (2009) - New York, NY - New York Times". Legacy.com.
- ^ "Emily Spiegel Obituary (2009) - New York, NY - New York Times". Legacy.com.
- ^ a b "Reflections on a half century of Nassau development". Real Estate Weekly. August 16, 1995. Retrieved July 1, 2023.